A 100 Gb/s PAM4 Two-Segment Silicon Microring Resonator Modulator Using a Standard Foundry Process
Yuan Yuan, Wayne V. Sorin, Zhihong Huang, Xiaoge Zeng, Di Liang, Ankur Kumar, Samuel Palermo, Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil
Abstract
A compact two-segment depletion mode silicon microring resonator modulator with PAM4 modulation data rate up to 100 Gb/s has been demonstrated. The microring resonator modulator exhibits a free spectrum range of ∼5.7 nm, a quality factor of ∼3600, a DC extinction ratio of ∼13 dB, an electro-optical phase shift efficiency Vπ·L of ∼1 V·cm, and an electro-optical bandwidth of ∼40 GHz.
Topics & Concepts
Extinction ratioResonatorElectro-optic modulatorPhase modulationMaterials scienceSilicon photonicsOpticsOptoelectronicsOptical modulatorModulation (music)Bandwidth (computing)SiliconPhysicsTelecommunicationsWavelengthPhase noiseComputer scienceAcousticsPhotonic and Optical DevicesAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesOptical Network Technologies